Spend money on healing

I would like to add an appendix to the fine letter published on Dec. 22, "Ramsey does not speak for all Tennesseans."

State-sponsored executions do not create closure or establish justice. Revenge and retaliation for violence only leave us with pain and a focus on the violator. What these events call for is a focus on the healing of the victims.

We have examples of grace and healing coming out of violence. Nelson Mandela could have chosen violence against white South Africans for the violence and destructiveness of apartheid. Instead, he was able to forgive and to create a healed, multiracial country.

Let's spend our resources and our attention on the survivors of violence. May they know forgiveness in their hearts and grace in their lives.

So, no executions in my name, Senator Ramsey. Spend our public resources on healing and hope.

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Spend money on healing

I would like to add an appendix to the fine letter published on Dec. 22, 'Ramsey does not speak for all Tennesseans.'